Scavenger Hunt Run

I can think of a better way to acquaint myself with a new town than to run a scavenger hunt run. So with a tip of my hat to AllieKate and no further adieu:

1) A sign of Spring

The ice is melting and some of the waterfowl are actually floating

2) Something out of place

A windmill downtown. It was spinning in the breeze

3) Something with at least 4 colors

This colorful sign caught my eye right away

4) A favorite place to run

I'm still very new here, but the Linear Trail runs right by work. I expect it will be my go-to path for many a summer mile

5) A fancy house or building

Two pictures of the building where I now work. It used to be an Army hospital, but before that it was the Kellogg Sanitarium. Now it is the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Building. It dates back to 1866. If you're ever in the neighborhood, stop by and I'll show you around. It's a really cool building.

6) Something starting with V, W, X, or Z

I saw this within the first few yards of my run

7) A green car

Will a camouflage pickup work?

8) Something with numbers combining to 10

Sometimes you just have to push the Easy button. 2*5=10

9) Something with a Loop in it

I'm not sure what's going on in the first pic. Three naked people on a bike, maybe. Or something I just don't want to know about. The second one I saw at the end of my run. The loopy bike rack made a loopy shadow

I was going to take a pic of the two homeless guys camping as a sign of spring and me running through some interesting neighborhoods as something out of place, but you know what they say about discretion.

So that's about it. I got the privilege of running 11.5 miles in the snow with Speet yesterday and then another 6.5 in the warm sunshine this afternoon.

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